Date Published: November 24, 2014
Poul Jessen's Quantum Information and Control Group investigates fundamental problems in quantum information science using ultracold atoms. One project uses Zeeman sublevels in the electronic ground state of atomic cesium to explore computer-optimized quantum control, quantum tomography and quantum chaos. A second project creates many-atom spin-squeezed states through quantum measurement back-action, with the long-term goal of improving quantum-limited atomic clocks and sensors. A third project traps atoms in the evanescent field around an optical nanofiber, with the aim of developing an atom-light quantum interface.
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Experiment for production and quantum control of ultracold atoms.